The long-winded budget speech of Finance Minister K.N. Balagopal ... Since this is a significant size in Kerala (equivalent to 17 percent of state domestic income in 2023-24) constituting people ...
FM Balagopal, bogged down by the state’s worsening finances, presented a budget that is neither populist nor imaginative. He missed out on an opportunity to present a sustainable financial ...
T'puram: Chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan expressed huge disappointment over the treatment meted out to Kerala in the Union Budget presented on Saturday. The Budget's approach, which completely ...
A weak fiscal position has been a long-standing issue in Kerala. As mentioned in the budget speech, there is a realisation that the state cannot go into more distress. The finance minister has ...